Our mission:the mission of the ashp foundation is to improve the health and well-being of patients in health systems through appropriate, safe and effective medication use. Our vision:as the philanthropic arm of the american society of health-system pharmacists, our vision is that: patient outcomes improve because of the leadership and clinical skills of pharmacists, as vital members of the health care team, accountable for safe and effective medication use.

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Advancing patient care through practice transformation awards programsashp student leadership awardthis program, funded through the walter jones memorial pharmacy student fund, is administered by the ashp pharmacy student forum in collaboration with the ashp foundation. Twelve students who demonstrate high academic achievement, exceptional interest in health-system pharmacy practice, and outstanding leadership skills were recognized. Recipients were:class of 2016 - danielle beltz, northeastern ohio medical university college of pharmacy, rootstown, oh; jillian deguzman, palm beach atlantic university; lloyd l. Gregory school of pharmacy, west palm beach, fl; valerie nolt, university of pittsburgh school of pharmacy, pittsburgh, pa; tyler vest, university of cincinnati james l. Winkle college of pharmacy, cincinnati, oh; mary vincent, the ohio state university college of pharmacy, columbus, ohclass of 2017 - evan colmenares, university of north carolina eshelman school of pharmacy, chapel hill, nc; kin golleher, pacific university school of pharmacy, hillsboro, or; brian hancock, university of charleston school of pharmacy, charleston, wv; katherine sencion, university of illinois at chicago college of pharmacy, chicago, il class of 2018 -emilie bergsma, university of florida college of pharmacy, gainesville, fl; dena lehmann, thomas jefferson university jefferson school of pharmacy, philadelphia, pathe awardees received a plaque, a $2,000 award and a drug information library consisting of 10 ashp publications. Each awardee submitted a plan to raise student awareness of the practice advancement initiative. Awardees will be surveyed to collect information on implementation and outcomes of their plan. Award for excellence in medication safety: a collaboration between the cardinal health foundation and ashp foundation, this program is designed to recognize pharmacist-led inter-professional teams that make significant institution-wide system improvements relating to safe medication use. The 2016 recipient and finalist organizations were selected from 16 applicants, using a letter of intent process undertaken by an independent inter-professional panel of experts in the field of medication safety and healthcare administration. Cincinnati children's hospital medical center was the recipient organization and received a $50,000 award for its study of decreasing vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury through multidisciplinary improvement of adherence to antimicrobial stewardship policy. The two finalists, geisinger clinic and new york-presbyterian hospital, each received $10,000 for their respective programs. The 2016 award for excellence video highlighted the success stories of the recipient and finalists and was shown to more than 10,400 attendees at the 2016 ashp midyear clinical meeting opening general session in las vegas, nevada. A dinner was also held to recognize the award winner and finalists' teams. For the ninth consecutive year, the ashp foundation, with support from ashp, sponsored a national radio media tour aimed at educating consumers about the vital role of health-system pharmacists. The radio media tour focused on 'giving children medicines: pharmacist tips to help avoid errors. ' clinical pharmacy specialist, dr. Breann taylor for cincinnati children's hospital medical center, the recipient of the 2016 award for excellence in medication safety, joined us as our pharmacy expert for 21 interviews that reached over 24 million listeners. She also recorded a public service announcement. In fy17, additional dissemination activities were added to the program. The two award finalists were asked to conduct live educational webinars with continuing education credits for pharmacists. The two webinars: (1) innovate your medication education: mrxed: utilizing technology for a patient-centered approach to medication education and (2) empowering pharmacists as active members of the care team for patients with chronic no